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Stephen Wilson
@unknownrelic.com
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Full of Gloom. He/They 🏳️‍🌈
Long Island Sewer Ghoul in Minnesota
Illustration/Graphic Design
Art Director for Prepare the Ground
Website: unknownrelic.com
Instagram: @unknown_relic
Email: [email protected]
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"Obsession Prayer" - 2025
Illustration for the cover of Ghorot's next LP, "OBSIDIAN", available for preorder starting March 6th via King of the Monsters and Lay Bare

#metalsky #darkart #illustration #horrorart #art #drawing #painting
A figure wearing a shroud paints images of animals in blood on a cave wall. On the floor beside them are bones and a skull. Seen on the wall are paintings of aurochs and deer. The figure is headless as they have lost themselves in their obsession for the hunt, ritualistically painting these figures in a trance like fervor.
February 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Pretty sure this dude is having a rough time right now.
A man covered in tattoos that say ICE on his forearms and MR. COOL ICE on his chest
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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Also, in random boyfriend related shenanigans... a non-street dog followed his daughter home, and in trying to figure out someone who could take him (and having someone fail to follow through), I think they've all become attached...
Peter, Frida and Oscar, looking out the window being nosy.
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I STILL LIVE.
A work in progress of a logo. The letters a, l, and e can be seen clearly.
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Logo for thee Amanda Kauffman
@amandak6647.bsky.social
Ornate gothic calligraphy logo on a yellow background of trees, designed for Amanda Kauffman
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Alright friends. Website is done. Back to logo sketches and other things. Glad to have this thing off my plate. Here's screen shots of each section. It's kind of crazy seeing a lot of these things all together (and that's not even everything).

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A screenshot of my website, unknownrelic.com - this is the illustration page A screenshot of my website, unknownrelic.com - this is the logos page A screenshot of my website, unknownrelic.com - this is the shirt design page A screenshot of my website, unknownrelic.com - this is the album layout and posters page
December 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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While sketching logos, I am currently in the midst of making my god damn portfolio site (finally) and I don't know if uploading 35 logos is too much, but...I could definitely put more on there I tell ya what.
A screenshot of a portfolio site for Stephen Wilson/Unknown Relic, displaying the various logos they've created.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Obligatory selfie.
It is I. Steve.
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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In case you needed skulls or other horrific ephemera to decorate your home during these trying times, you can find some art of mine over at INPRNT - www.inprnt.com/gallery/unkn...

#skullart #zombieskulltober #art #darkart #illustration #metalsky #artsky #inprnt
A realistic looking skull, open mouthed, on a dark grey background set within an ornate border. Within the skull’s mouth are various spider web like strands. A red skull, rising out of red smoke. White wisps emanate from the eyeholes, and above the skull is a crescent moon. A drawing of a brown skull, with small flames in the eye sockets, in a golden border. It has some other odd, symmetrical growths forming from the mouth. A skull with its mouth open, lower jaw dissolving into vein like tendrils, and a hole in the forehead with a light emanating from the dark within. It’s set within an intricate red border.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Woke up from a nap to this from my friend.
An image modeled after the Zohran for NYC Mayor graphics that says “SKULLS FOR UNKNOWN RELIC”
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Thanks! This one was a lot of fun to do. Was thinking about how to merge calligraphy with…bones? Something like that. Haha
A sketch of a skull with a symmetrical bone structure formation beneath it.
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The original version of this thang before I lost my mind and decided to change things #zombieskulltober
A blueish skull, with orange eyes emanating from the eyeholes and a hole in the forehead, lower jaw dissolving into root like tendrils, set within a golden border.
October 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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THE FINAL SKULL. This took me a while because of this border. I also couldn’t decide between this and another version, so I just made two. The original I’ll post as a reply.

ANYWHO. SKULLS. #zombieskulltober
A skull with its mouth open, lower jaw dissolving into vein like tendrils, and a hole in the forehead with a light emanating from the dark within. It’s set within an intricate red border.
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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SKULL TIME #zombieskulltober
A drawing of a brown skull, with small flames in the eye sockets, in a golden border. It has some other odd, symmetrical growths forming from the mouth.
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Bit more of a straightforward skull today #zombieskulltober
A realistic looking skull, open mouthed, on a dark grey background set within an ornate border. Within the skull’s mouth are various spider web like strands.
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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QRP with your dark art 🖤
In the middle panel are two hands holding a snake dissolving into mist and lights, on either side of this middle panel are close ups of an illustration of dead cala lilies. The silhouette of ancient ruins beneath an Aurora vortex, set in a gold border Ancient columns held together by vines and roots, creating a portal in the middle of space. The silhouette of a winged goat creature flies over a winter forest beneath a blue moon. Set within a gold border, topped with a logo that reads BANSHEE MOON
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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RED SKULL #zombieskulltober
A red skull, rising out of red smoke. White wisps emanate from the eyeholes, and above the skull is a crescent moon.
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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A late post, but… my late involvement in #zombieskulltober continues.
Inside of a golden border, set against a dark grey background is a beige malformed skull with a melting lower jaw and glowing eyes. Above it is a floating bone like crown.
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Another one for #zombieskulltober I did quickly last night.
A rotting, hooded portrait of a corpse in a red border. Its eyes are missing, but the sockets are lit by flames. Blood covers much of what’s left of its teeth.
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Per @chris-hitchman.bsky.social’s request, a skull for #zombieskulltober

I think I spent more time on the border.
An illustration of a creepy, vaguely bloody skull, nested within an ornate golden border on a black background.
October 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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GLOOM SKULL - 2025
A drawing of a skull with swirling emanations coming out of it.
October 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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If it were fall year round I'd be outside all the fuckin time.
It is me. Steve.
October 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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This shirt for Jessica Way's Lachrymarium (Barrent Harvest/Worm Ouroboros) is probably one of my favorite things I've made in the last year.

#metalsky #artsky #artwork #photography #graphicdesign #bandmerch
A T-shirt mockup for Lachrymarium. The front of the shirt is a statue of a woman crying on a grave, with an ornate border and logo around it in blue, with sleeve prints that are shown in more detail in the next few slides. Sleeve print of a statue of a penitent woman, hands clasped, staring downward and to the left, above a blue calligraphy design A close up of the front print of the shirt, of the statue of the woman sobbing on a grave, with the band logo and ornate border around the image. A sleeve print of the band name, Lachrymarium, written in ornate block lettering.
October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Serpentine Offering - 2025
The original artwork for the 2026 edition of Prepare the Ground
#metalsky #artsky #illustration #darkart #occultart #blackmetal #doommetal #deathmetal
An illustration of a serpent, being held aloft, turning into smoke. On either side of the central image is an abstract illustration of dead calla lilies.
October 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Existence may be insufferable, but it IS humorous.
The image is an e-mail screenshot that reads "Hey Long Island Sewer Ghoul, I’ve seen your esoteric art grime posts on Instagram and had to reach out. I really love how you bring a touch of mystique to your feed. Your unique style is truly captivating!"
October 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM